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| Thread ID: 48375 | 2004-08-21 06:22:00 | Gentoo Linux... feedback please | chiefnz (545) | Press F1 |
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| 263949 | 2004-08-22 09:22:00 | >Here's what I told ILL after he came to me asking why Gentoo wasnt working: >Read twice, Compile once - If it still doesnt work, take two steps backwards :-p >Stage 1 is not on the CD and needs to be downloaded also, but my question is this: >How are you going to get it on to the PC if you're formatting the drive? Are you keeping a partition? It's eleven meg, it can fit on a usb thumb drive. >The great thing is you can be doing two things at once, so you can: emerge -f kde >This will begin downloading KDE. Go away and make a coffee, come back 10 mins later and open another shell and type: >emerge kde >While emerge -f kde is still going... This way its downloading at the same time as compiling! Nice idea. |
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| 263950 | 2004-08-22 09:45:00 | > > Stage 1 is not on the CD and needs to be downloaded > also, but my question is this: > > How are you going to get it on to the PC if you're > formatting the drive? Are you keeping a partition? > > It's eleven meg, it can fit on a usb thumb drive. Yes, but what if you dont have a Thumbdrive? Sure you can pick them up for $60ish... but what if you want to begin install here/now ? ;-) |
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